Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday.

Firecrackers, parades and prayers marked the Lunar New Year as millions around Asia and farther afield celebrated ... Wednesday marked the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in ...

As several Asian nations gear up to celebrate the lunar new year, families are preparing to partake in the unique traditions associated with the festival and welcome the year of the snake.

How Asia is celebrating the year of the snake - China expects nine billion trips to be undertaken during holiday period ...

Celebrated across Asia and beyond, it marks the start of a new year based ... the beginning of a new lunar cycle and ending on the first full moon. The Year of the Snake is the sixth animal ...

In the Chinese zodiac, each new year, according to the lunar calendar, is associated with one of 12 animals, and 2025 marks the Year of the Snake. Different regions in Asia may not follow the same ...

BEIJING — Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday — including in Moscow. Hundreds of people lined up in the ...

Related: Lunar New Year: New Moon kicks off Year of the Snake “Chinese New Year and related celebrations throughout much of Asia and in areas with significant Chinese populations celebrate the ...

BEIJING (AP) — Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and ... to know about Lunar New Year and the Year of the Snake In Malaysia ...